Winnie the Pooh Program

OTTERBEIN COLLEGE THEATRE Presents From the Stories of A. A. Milne

Winnie-the-Pooh Lyrics by A. A. Milne and Kristin Sergei Music by Alan Jay Friedman Book by Kristin Sergei

Director Pamela Hill Musical Director Michael Haberkom Set Designer & Technical Director Fred L. Smith Costume Designer Katie Robbins Lighting Designer Rob Johnson Sound Designer Dana White Costume Shop Supervisor Marcia Hain F*roduction Assistant Antonietta D'Agostino

November 19-21,1993 Cowan Hall

Produced by special arrangement with TfiE DRAMATIC PUBUSHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois.

PRODUCTION STAFF AND CREWS Stage Manager.....................

Assistant Stage Manager Assistant Set Designer........

Master Carpenter................

Scene Painter.......................

Wardrobe Master.................

Assistant Lighting Designer Master Electrician................

Assistant Master Electrician Properties Master................

Sound Engineer....................

Sound Assistant...................

Make-up Artist....................

Follow Spot Operators........

House Manager....................

..................Tom Sheridan** ...................... Kathy Brandt .......................... Paul Marr* ................... Meg Hassler** .............Susan Nicholson** ...................... Jill C. Baird* ........................ Eric Nutter* .......William Lee Cecil III* ........................ Randy Bosh ....................... S. E. Reinick .............. Joshua C. Allen** ........................Peter Pinson ....... Tamara Sommerfeld* Tess Hartman, Cara Miller ....................... Bob Cline**

Scene Shop Assistants Jill C. Baird*, Kathy Brandt, William Lee Cecil III*, Robert Holland, Pat Wallace, Kate Williams Set Running Crew Laura Berlin, Mami Kuhn, Tirzah Wise* Costume Shop Assistants Nomkita Chirunga, Laurie Green, Tamara Sommerfeld* Wardrobe Crew Mike Marchal, Steven Skocki, Katherine Smart, Sacha Vaughn, Jollina Walker* Properties Crew Sarah Brown, Michael Foley, Kenneth Knutson, Julie Laureano, Christine Oravec Lighting Crew Randy Bosh, Aimee Golart, Mary Manson, Jennifer McGowan Box Office Assistants Julia Averill**, Laura Berlin, Jessica Buda, Tess Hartman, Jenny Keplar, Kristi Matson, J. W. Morissette**, Karlie K. Mossman*, Kristin Reed, Jollina Walker* ♦indicates membership in Cap & Dagger ♦♦indicates membership in Theta Alpha Phi Theatre Honorary

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THE CAST

Christopher Robin............................................................................. Michael Starks Winnie-the-Pooh............................................................................... Ron Thomas** Piglet........................................................................................Stephanie M. Marcum Owl...........................................................................................Tonya Latrice Watson Eeyore.............................................................................................Christopher Libby Kanga...................................................................................................... Laurie Green Roo.............................................................................................Andrew Ve Hansen* Rabbit.................................................................................... Jason W. Morrissette** Voice/The Narrator...................................................................... Scott L. Atkinson* Black Rabbit..................................................................................................... CarmelAve Skunk......................................................................................................................JulieLau Gray Rabbit......................................................................... Christopher M. DePaola White Rabbit......................................................................................................JoannaSna Female Chipmunk..................................................................................Kristin Reed Male Chipmunk......................................................................................Grant Peelle

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SAY “HELLO”

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Members of the cast will apear in costume in the theatre lobby immediately following each performance for you and your families to meet and greet

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MUSICAL NUMBERS “Isn’t It Funny How a Bear Likes Honey”....................................Winnie-the-Pooh “Friends and Relations”................................................. Rabbit and Forest Animals “Cottleston Pie”.................................................. Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Rabbit, Owl “Isn’t It Funny (Reprise)”................................................................Pooh and Piglet “Rockabye, Rockabye, Roo”............................................................................ Kanga “Sing Ho!”....................................................................................... Pooh and Eeyore “Piglet’s Song”................................................................................................... Piglet “Happy Birthday”....................................................................................................All

THE BAND Piano.............................................................................................Michael Haberkom Synthesizer............................................................................................Adam Grimes Drums.................................................................................................Keith D. Brown *indicales membership in Cap & Dagger ♦♦indicates membership in Theta Alpha Phi Theatre Honorary

THE DIRECTOR Pamela Hill returns to Otterbein to guest direct her sixth production.

Since her last show here, Charlotte’s Web, Pam has directed across the country for professional, stock, and community theatres. Some of her recent successes include Rodgers and Hart for the Music Theatre of Connecticut, Peter Pan for Albuquerque Civic Light Opera, My Fair Lady for the Renaissance Theatre and Prescription: Murder for Theatre Memphis. Off-Broadway, she assisted director Ed Stem with A Murder of Crows. Pam received her M.A. from Bowling Green State University and is certified from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She is a former board member of the Ohio Theatre Alliance and Panelist for the Ohio Arts Council. Pam is married to actor Michael Lorr.

THE KENNEDY CENTER AMERICAN COLLEGE THEATER FESTIVAL XXVI Presented and produced by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Supported in part by The Kennedy Center Corporate Fund The U.S. Department of Education • Ryder System This production is an Associate entry in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KC/ACTF). The aims of this national theater education program are to identify and promote quality in collge-level theater production. To this end, each production entered is eligible for adjudication by a regional KC/ACTF representative, and certain students are selected to participate in KC/ACTF pro­ grams involving awards, scholarships, and special grants for actors, playwrights, designers, and critics at both the regional and national levels.

Last year more than 800 productions and 17,000 students participated in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival nationwide. By entering this production, our department is sharing in the KC/ACTF goals to help college theater grow and to focus attention on the exemplary work produced in college and university theaters across the nation.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Otterbein College Theatre wishes to thank the following individuals for their generous contributions to our production of Winnie-the-Pooh: Shannon Reed • Joanne Stichweh